Hector Medina, 40, admitted to fabricating an identity as a politically ... necessary to pose any real threat of success.” Medina pleaded guilty to identity theft and wire fraud in September. That came just weeks after Santos admitted to duping voters ...

Hector Medina reportedly tried to get Santos to pay him $900,000 to get evidence against the disgraced former Republican "disappeared."

A Texas man who pleaded guilty to fraudulently promising to get the criminal case against former Rep. George Santos dismissed was sentenced to a year-and-a-half in federal prison on Wednesday.

Hector Medina, 40, admitted to fabricating an identity ... Medina pleaded guilty to identity theft and wire fraud in September. That came just weeks after Santos admitted to duping voters ...

Hector Medina pleaded guilty to attempting to extract money from high-profile criminal defendants by promising them he could get their charges dropped.

Hector Medina, who also used the alias ... Santos himself pleaded guilty to two felony counts of wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. The 23 charges he initially faced included wire ...

Hector Medina previously admitted to fabricating ... after pleading guilty last year to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. He had no comment on Medina's sentencing.